Armored automobile



M. ZAJAC. ARMOREQAUTOMOBILE. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 16. I918- RENEWED JAN. 1, I I9.

1,305,637. Patented June 3, 1919.

3 SHEETS-$HEET la M. ZAJAC.

ARMORED AUTOMOBILE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 16, me. RENEWED JAN. 7,1919.

v1 ,3 ()5,637w Patented June 3, 1919.

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Q N I FIG 2 E I \b -M. ZAJAC.

ARMORED AUTOMOBILE.

APPLICATION man MAR. 16. 1918. RENEWED JAN. 1,1919.

1,305,637. Q PatentedJune 3,1919.

3 SHEETS SHEET 3.

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ARMORED AUTOMOBILE.

-To d llj whom it may concern:

2 i- 7 Be it known that I', MARCIN ZAJAG, a sub- '5 jectof the Emperor of Austria, residing at f Chicope'e, in the county of Ham-pden and State of Massachusetts, have invented certam new and useful Improvements in Aris aspecification.

The primary obj ectof the inventlon is the provision ofan armored automobile ortank especially constructed for cutting its way througntarbed Wire entanglements and "other barriers during a charge upon the enemy or while the'f a i'my is on the march, thedevice possessing great strength and arranged for carrying soldiers firearms and ammunitiong' a q r further object of the. invention is the provision of an automobile arranged for I carrying soldiersand guns afterthe manner of a ftraveling fort, the device being suitably armored "for preventing bullets from injurthe soldiers while thearrangement is made to permit the soldiers to fire upon the enemy fromtheir'protected positions within the drawings forming a part of this application and in which like numerals refer to corresponding parts throughout the several yiews:-

Figure 1-is a side elevational View of the Fig; 2 is atop plan view of the same;

Fig. 3 is' a vertical transverse sectional view taken upon-line 33 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. L is a vertical longitudinal sectional view takenupon line H of Fig. 2.

The armored automobile of my design provides a body of the general form in plan as shown in Fig. 2 constructed of bullet-proof material such as sheet metal and providing an inner chamber or cabin 11 fthe car for theaccommodation of soldiers with their guns it being'understood that the pbody 10 is mounted for traveling upon suitble spiked wheels 12 having axles 13.

:Side compartments 14; are arranged entirely surrounding the cabin 11 and adapted to hold goods such as stores and ammunition placed therein through openings such as windows 15 in the side walls 16 of the cabin '-'The upper sides 17 of the compartment 14 re in the form of an outwardly and downardly sloping roof merging with the outer ,dges of the deck 18 of the cabin 11 while Inbred" Automobiles, of which the following Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J line 3, 1919. App1ication 'fiia March 16, 1918, Serial no. 222,922. Renewed January 7, 1219. serial No. 270,064.

the lower wall or bottom 19 of the compartment 14 correspondingly slopes, inwardly and downwardly for meeting the depending portions of the cabin walls 16. I

Anoutwardly projecting ledge 20' is arranged around the body 10 centrally thereof' at the point of meeting of said roof 17 and bottom 19, the ledge 20.ha;ving a sharpened outer edge with flaring portions of the ledge formed at opposite sidesof the body v UNITED sm'rns PATENT oriuou. Y

MARCIN ZAJAC, OF CHIGOPEE, MASSACHUSETTS.

10 and with cutting teeth 21 at the tapered opposite-end portions 22 of the body. .Simi

lar toothed ribs 23 are centrally arranged extending upwardly and downwardly upon the end portions 22 carried by the marl? and bottom 19 and forming with the ledge portions 2l four converging toothed portions or saws terminating at points 24 at the extreme opposite ends ofthe body 10.

, The traveling of the automobile longitudinally in either direction will engage the saws 21 and the sharpened ledges20 with any barrier such as a wire obstruction and theforward movement of the car will readily cut its path through such barrier permitting the car as well as soldiers to freely pass forwardly, .A housing 24 is arranged upon the deck 18 having a plurality of openings or portholes 25 in the s'idethereof through which the soldiersiin' the cabin llm'ay fireupon the enemy while adjustable the form, of lids are roof portions 26 in v I I hinged' as at27 upon the top of the housing 24: and adapted for adjustment at desired inclinations in the manner heretofore set vforth for permitting the soldiers to fire thirsough windows 28 arranged in the said 1i A segment-shaped rack 29 is carried by each lid 26 within the cabin 11 arranged with an operating pinion 30 adapted to be turned by a sprocket-chain 31 arranged over a distant sprocket-wheel 32 adapted for operation by a crank-handle 33. A retaining means 34 is provided for the sprocket-wheel 32 for maintaining the rack 29 and its lid 26 at any adjusted position desired.

. Sliding doors 35 are arranged for the windows 28 while sprln =pressed latches 36 are carried by the top 3 of the housing 24 for retaining the lids 26 closed, the said latches being released from a point within the cabin 11 by operating the depending lever end portions 38 thereof. i' i I The complete operation ofthe device will be apparent from the foregoing detailed defire through the, windfd-W's 28 scriptien of. its eonstruetion, it being noted 7 poi-tio ns'fancl' arranged 'at tlie longitudinal; lepposltesideS ofithemlevice, toothed ribs that a suitable ladder 39 is arranged between the housing top 37 andqmpeint adj aigei tgighe.

lower portio'nof theibody 10 for permitting soldiers to readily enterthecabin ill-through eithei' the Windows 28 or through the top of r the housing upon openiq-lgthe lids 26; They a b n i ab y r e d and? r ve through barriers "as heretofore noted, theso l (li91S Witl1lI1 the eabi igll may readily fire p h emy and, whe ds jed ay el-g '7 irate the lids 26 to' the 'i'equii edextentiaiidj soldiers with-inf the dag will; i be pI te;etie tl I? Q 'hH J h i 'fi w'ie a V 1. All rmored?jafitemobilepcpn pf i a;

havi f g roof arid bdttoiii'pqrti ong pv in angular arrangement, Iedge tittligefeuter' iedge oftheclevi'ceat themeeti glineg of v said roof 511d bettem, the eaJiglfleklge; 'hwijii'g1 '11 at the opposite jendis of- V V cabin;sideipertiolisisllbstiiiiti'elly' lf-slid OPPQSi i es 'fi'Om' the'bii'l lets 9f the enemyand'mdyicdm timie their; Warfare by aid of; this {device aftertl'ie manner 0 fzt'tmtelingifoift Cabin, aICompartmentsugrpilnfli ig 'th I w w rangement'ztd aptedforfi'eleasingffi oz 'oiiit itione 'cl' the device and fiirtherlh 111g a'shar'pejnedf 'in ip i l fl erme i thew ft b h 'd; portions and jarijenged {it the longitud'n z if thejdeyice and toothed having alternatelyieriiangedeh 2. armored automob le lcomprisi ii l. a

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mg pdftin intermediate the-said teotlied extendingl -zpb'ove arid beldw said ledge ancl i' ends:of the automobile; iL'llQllSlIl 7' ipon the: cabin- 1 having 011'tl10les in the si es? thereof H and; arranged. with' -lids at' thle tbp ef the cabin, and g idS-lq 1 V n 3. A11; rammed 'auteii ijbilei cpmprisirig body, a 'Wire-euttiI1-g ledge s i'rroundihfg; the; f. body at its '0ute'rmos t Substantially @cep'tral'iss 1-ine,'a 'houeing u-poii thefi bpdyt'lfav ing Ipoit-f elere -ileee-f te .i

' 4." n armored automobile" cbmprlsm in cross' seeti qn. e tifiely; sunroi nd in cab n, a ledge at" the iou'tei dfgeo 's a; per-1510111 surrounding th e emit obi e irig porti efls and portions provide 

